From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Rutland Subject: Re: [RFC 0/1] misc: Add Allwinner Q8 tablet hardware manager Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:48:11 +0100 Message-ID: <20161012094811.GA19509@remoulade> References: <20160901190820.21987-1-hdegoede@redhat.com> Reply-To: mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Sender: linux-sunxi-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: , List-Unsubscribe: , To: Rob Herring Cc: Hans de Goede , Arnd Bergmann , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Chen-Yu Tsai , Maxime Ripard , Pantelis Antoniou , "linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org" , devicetree , linux-sunxi List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 04:32:06PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Hans de Goede wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Here is a first RFC for the q8 tablet hw-manager I've been talking > > about for a while now. > > > > The touchscreen part is finished, I'll start working on the > > accelerometer bits next. > > This at least partially overlaps with the "overlay manager" just > posted. A dev board having different devices attached and a production > device have 2nd source components are not really different problems. > We need a common solution and can't have each platform making up their > own scheme. To follow up discussions at ELC-E, I agree that we need a common solution (if this has to happen in the kernel rather than in an earlier stage of the boot process). Otherwise, we're creating pseudo-board-files, and a whole new set of problems for ourselves. Thanks Mark.